For the last couple of days, any attempt to kill a region has resulted in a coredump: Current directory is /usr/local/src/xemacs-build/src/ GNU gdb 4.18 Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i386-unknown-freebsd"... Core was generated by `xemacs'. Program terminated with signal 10, Bus error. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.7...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libtiff.so.4...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libpng.so.4...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libjpeg.so.9...done. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXpm.so.4...done. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6...done. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6...done. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6...done. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6...done. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6...done. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libgdbm.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libesd.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libaudiofile.so.0...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libm.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/libldap.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/local/lib/liblber.so.1...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libutil.so.3...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libxpg4.so.3...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.5...done. Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libz.so.2...done. Reading symbols from /usr/X11R6/lib/libXThrStub.so.6...done. Reading symbols from /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1...done. #0 0x28578884 in kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.5 (gdb) where #0 0x28578884 in kill () from /usr/lib/libc.so.5 #1 0x80b04b7 in fatal_error_signal (sig=10) at /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2/src/emacs.c:535 #2 0xbfbfffac in ?? () #3 0x80931de in Fcall_interactively (function={...}, record_flag={...}, keys={...}) at /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2/src/callint.c:936 #4 0x80b6df3 in Fcommand_execute (cmd={...}, record_flag={...}, keys={...}) at /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2/src/eval.c:2970 #5 0x80f9839 in execute_command_event (command_builder=0x8599540, event={...}) at /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2/src/event-stream.c:3834 #6 0x80f9eb1 in Fdispatch_event (event={...}) at /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2/src/event-stream.c:4165 #7 0x8099b7c in Fcommand_loop_1 () at /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2/src/cmdloop.c:583 #8 0x8099df5 in command_loop_1 (dummy={...}) at /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2/src/cmdloop.c:494 #9 0x80bd482 in condition_case_1 (handlers={...}, bfun=0x8099ddc <command_loop_1>, barg={...}, hfun=0x8099e6c <cmd_error>, harg={...}) at /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2/src/eval.c:1651 #10 0x8099f63 in command_loop_2 (dummy={...}) at /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2/src/cmdloop.c:256 #11 0x80bd388 in internal_catch (tag={...}, func=0x8099f28 <command_loop_2>, arg={...}, threw=0x0) at /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2/src/eval.c:1317 #12 0x80998b6 in initial_command_loop (load_me={...}) at /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2/src/cmdloop.c:305 #13 0x80b1969 in xemacs_21_2_b44_i386_unknown_freebsd5_0 (argc=3, argv=0xbfbffcbc, envp=0xbfbffccc, restart=0) at /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2/src/emacs.c:2253 #14 0x80b37d9 in main (argc=3, argv=0xbfbffcbc, envp=0xbfbffccc) at /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.2/src/emacs.c:2682 #15 0x8081175 in _start () (gdb) -- Michael D. Harnois, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Washburn, IA mdharnois(a)home.com aa0bt(a)aa0bt.ampr.org CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. -- Ambrose Bierce